Police arrest 21 fugitive drug addicts

Police have arrested 21 of 45 drug addicts who escaped from a rehabilitation centre in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on Monday. — Photo vietnamnet

DAK LAK (VNS) — Police have arrested 21 of 45 drug addicts who escaped from a rehabilitation centre in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on Monday.

The fugitives used scissors and sharp weapons to threaten the centre's two security guards on Monday morning, then locked the security guards in a room and stole keys to escape, according to deputy director of the centre Nguyen Ngoc Kia.

A radio broadcast informed area residents to protect their property and contact the police if they had any information on the individuals at large. — VNS